Two USAF F-16 pilots of the 526th Fighter Squadron, flying as part of NATO’s Operation Deny Flight, shoot down four Serb Super Galeb attack aircraft after twice warning the Serb jets to leave Bosnian airspace. It is NATO’s first combat in its 45-year history. Then-Capt. Robert Gordon “Wilbur” Wright was credited with three kills, and Capt. Stephen L. “Yogi” Allen with one.
F-35 Contracts Slip in Delay Unrelated to Radar Woes
June 7, 2025
Funding to build the next two batches of F-35 fighters, originally expected to be finalized by the end of June, won’t be awarded to Lockheed Martin until sometime this summer, the jet's Joint Program Office told Air & Space Forces Magazine.